Nuri Jazairi
Professor Emeritus
Office: Vari Hall, 1040
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 77034
Email: nuri@yorku.ca
Primary website: http://www.yorku.ca/nuri/academic.htm
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at York University. I hold a PhD in Economics and Statistics from the London School of Economics. My research interests are economic statistics, the measurement of productivity, and the measurement of inflation.
Degrees
Ph.D., Economics and Statistics, London School of EconomicsM.Sc., Economics and Statistics, London School of Economics
B.A., Economics, Baghdad University
Research Interests
"Stock Market Prices Index", (with John Matatko) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Supplement Volume, 1989, pp. 175-179, Wiley and Sons
"Terms of Trade Index" in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Reads, Eds., Vol. 8, 1988, pp. 199-203, Wiley and Sons.
"Test Approach to Index Numbers" (with Sydney N. Afriat) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 9, 1988, pp. 203-206, Wiley and Sons
"Productivity Measurement" (with Louis Lefeber) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 7, 1986, pp. 287-292, Wiley and Sons
"Purchasing Power Parity" (with Rasesh Thakkar) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 7, 1986, pp. 360-364, Wiley and Sons
"Paasche-Laspeyres Indexes" in Encyclopedia of Statis-tical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 6, 1985, pp. 548-550, Wiley and Sons",Paasche-Laspeyres Indexes"
“Log-Change Index Numbers”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 5, 1985, pp. 114-116, Wiley and Sons
“Marshall-Edgeworth-Bowley Index”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 5, 1985, pp. 277-278, Wiley and Sons
“Gross National Product Deflator”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 3, 1983, pp. 523-525, Wiley and Sons
“Hedonic Index Numbers", in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 3, 1983, pp. 601-604, Wiley and Sons
“Index Numbers”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 4, 1983, pp. 54-62, Wiley and Sons
“Index of Industrial Production", in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 4, 1983, pp. 63-66, Wiley and Sons
The Impact of Privatizing the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Toronto, September 1994, (104 pages)
Approaches to the Development of Health Indicators, OECD, Paris, 1976 (62 pages). (Also published in French by the OECD under the title: Differentes Approches Pour L'Elaboration D'Indicateurs De Sante)
"Governor Ridge Plan to Privatize the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board", May, 1997 (30 pages)(with Stephen Herzenberg)
"Stanley Warner's Contributions to Statistically Balanced Information Technology", Survey Methodology, June 1995, vol. 21, no.1 pp. 7-12 (with Stephen E. Feinberg)
"Allen Implied Index Numbers", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 49, 1993, pp. 31-32
"Estimating Rent Equivalent from Canonical Correlations Between House Prices and Housing Rent", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 1989, pp. 473-474
"The Specification and Combination of Index Number Formulae" Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 46th Session Contributed Papers Volume, 1987, pp. 203-204
“Logarithmic Index Numbers” (with Mirka Ondrack), Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, vol. 51, 1985, pp. 419-420
“The Present State of the Theory and Practice of Index Numbers”, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 50, 1983, pp. 122-147. (Translated into Italian and printed in Rassegna della lettratura sui cicli economici, INSTITUTO NAZIONALE PER LO STUDIO DELLA CONGIUNTURA, ANNO XXVIII, 1987, pp. 1-31.)
“Tests for the Normality of Box-Cox Transformation”, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Part II, Buenos Aires, 1982, pp. 277-284
“The Functional Form of the Relation Between Alternative Real Income Comparisons", Economic Journal, Vol. 89, 1979, pp. 127-130
”Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Price and Quantity Movements", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 39, 1973, pp. 555-561
“Fisher Ideal Index Reformulated", International Statistical Review, Vol. 40, 1972, pp. 47-51
“Note on Fisher Ideal Index", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, Vol. 21, 1972, pp. 89-92
“An Empirical Study of the Conventional and Statistical Theories of Index Numbers”, Bulletin of the Oxford University Institute of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 33, 1971, pp. 181-195.
Canonical Rent Equivalent Index Numbers for Homeownership in Canada, Toronto 1985, CMHC Report (111 pages)
Hedonic Rent Index for Rent-Controlled and Non-Rent-Controlled Apartments in Toronto, Toronto, 1983, CMHC Report (62 pages)
The Hedonic Approach to the Comparison of Housing Costs, Toronto, 1982, CMHC Report (100 pages)
An Index of Railway Freight Rates, University of Toronto-York University Joint Programme in Transportation, 1971 (32 pages)
“Stock market price indexes” in Handbook of Business, Finance, and Management Sciences - to be published by Wiley in 2011.
“Statistical Foundations of the Theory and Practice of Index Numbers" in International Statistical Review, (forthcoming) - this paper was accepted for publication and was scheduled to be appear "in the August 1985 of the Review", and then I myself decided to postpone publishing it.
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at York University. I hold a PhD in Economics and Statistics from the London School of Economics. My research interests are economic statistics, the measurement of productivity, and the measurement of inflation.
Degrees
Ph.D., Economics and Statistics, London School of EconomicsM.Sc., Economics and Statistics, London School of Economics
B.A., Economics, Baghdad University
Research Interests
All Publications
"Stock Market Prices Index", (with John Matatko) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Supplement Volume, 1989, pp. 175-179, Wiley and Sons
"Terms of Trade Index" in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Reads, Eds., Vol. 8, 1988, pp. 199-203, Wiley and Sons.
"Test Approach to Index Numbers" (with Sydney N. Afriat) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 9, 1988, pp. 203-206, Wiley and Sons
"Productivity Measurement" (with Louis Lefeber) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 7, 1986, pp. 287-292, Wiley and Sons
"Purchasing Power Parity" (with Rasesh Thakkar) in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 7, 1986, pp. 360-364, Wiley and Sons
"Paasche-Laspeyres Indexes" in Encyclopedia of Statis-tical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 6, 1985, pp. 548-550, Wiley and Sons",Paasche-Laspeyres Indexes"
“Log-Change Index Numbers”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 5, 1985, pp. 114-116, Wiley and Sons
“Marshall-Edgeworth-Bowley Index”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 5, 1985, pp. 277-278, Wiley and Sons
“Gross National Product Deflator”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 3, 1983, pp. 523-525, Wiley and Sons
“Hedonic Index Numbers", in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 3, 1983, pp. 601-604, Wiley and Sons
“Index Numbers”, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 4, 1983, pp. 54-62, Wiley and Sons
“Index of Industrial Production", in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Samuel Kotz, Norman L. Johnson and Campbell B. Read, Eds., Vol. 4, 1983, pp. 63-66, Wiley and Sons
The Impact of Privatizing the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Toronto, September 1994, (104 pages)
Approaches to the Development of Health Indicators, OECD, Paris, 1976 (62 pages). (Also published in French by the OECD under the title: Differentes Approches Pour L'Elaboration D'Indicateurs De Sante)
"Governor Ridge Plan to Privatize the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board", May, 1997 (30 pages)(with Stephen Herzenberg)
"Stanley Warner's Contributions to Statistically Balanced Information Technology", Survey Methodology, June 1995, vol. 21, no.1 pp. 7-12 (with Stephen E. Feinberg)
"Allen Implied Index Numbers", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 49, 1993, pp. 31-32
"Estimating Rent Equivalent from Canonical Correlations Between House Prices and Housing Rent", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 1989, pp. 473-474
"The Specification and Combination of Index Number Formulae" Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 46th Session Contributed Papers Volume, 1987, pp. 203-204
“Logarithmic Index Numbers” (with Mirka Ondrack), Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, vol. 51, 1985, pp. 419-420
“The Present State of the Theory and Practice of Index Numbers”, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 50, 1983, pp. 122-147. (Translated into Italian and printed in Rassegna della lettratura sui cicli economici, INSTITUTO NAZIONALE PER LO STUDIO DELLA CONGIUNTURA, ANNO XXVIII, 1987, pp. 1-31.)
“Tests for the Normality of Box-Cox Transformation”, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Part II, Buenos Aires, 1982, pp. 277-284
“The Functional Form of the Relation Between Alternative Real Income Comparisons", Economic Journal, Vol. 89, 1979, pp. 127-130
”Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Price and Quantity Movements", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 39, 1973, pp. 555-561
“Fisher Ideal Index Reformulated", International Statistical Review, Vol. 40, 1972, pp. 47-51
“Note on Fisher Ideal Index", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, Vol. 21, 1972, pp. 89-92
“An Empirical Study of the Conventional and Statistical Theories of Index Numbers”, Bulletin of the Oxford University Institute of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 33, 1971, pp. 181-195.
Canonical Rent Equivalent Index Numbers for Homeownership in Canada, Toronto 1985, CMHC Report (111 pages)
Hedonic Rent Index for Rent-Controlled and Non-Rent-Controlled Apartments in Toronto, Toronto, 1983, CMHC Report (62 pages)
The Hedonic Approach to the Comparison of Housing Costs, Toronto, 1982, CMHC Report (100 pages)
An Index of Railway Freight Rates, University of Toronto-York University Joint Programme in Transportation, 1971 (32 pages)
“Stock market price indexes” in Handbook of Business, Finance, and Management Sciences - to be published by Wiley in 2011.
“Statistical Foundations of the Theory and Practice of Index Numbers" in International Statistical Review, (forthcoming) - this paper was accepted for publication and was scheduled to be appear "in the August 1985 of the Review", and then I myself decided to postpone publishing it.
